<div dir="ltr"><h2><em><font face="Calibri" size="3">[<span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Apologies</font></span> if you receive multiple copies of this email]</font></em></h2><h2>ACM <font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Student</font> <font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Research</font> Competition at ICCAD 2014 (<span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span>@ICCAD'14)</h2>
<div><div><div><p><em><strong>DEADLINE: August 15, 2014 </strong></em><br> Online Submission: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srciccad14" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srciccad14</font></a><br>
<br> Sponsored by Microsoft <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Research</font></span>, the ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Student</font></span> <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Research</font></span> Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span> who are ACM members to:</p>
<ul><li>Experience the <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> world -- for many undergraduates this is a first!</li><li>Share <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> results and exchange ideas with other <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span>, judges, and conference attendees</li>
<li>Rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries</li><li>Understand the practical applications of their <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span></li><li>Perfect their communication skills</li>
<li>Receive prizes and gain recognition from ACM and the greater computing community.</li></ul><p>The ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA) is organizing such an event in conjunction with the <a href="http://iccad.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)</font></a>. Authors of accepted submissions will get travel grants from ACM/Microsoft to attend the event at ICCAD. The event consists of several rounds, as described at <a href="http://www.acm.org/src/participate.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.acm.org/<span><font color="#222222" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">src</font></span>/participate.html</font></a> and <a href="http://www.acm.org/src/about.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.acm.org/<span><font color="#222222" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">src</font></span>/about.html</font></a> , where you can also find more details on <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">student</font></span> eligibility and timeline.<br>
<br> The first-place winner in the graduate category at <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span>@ICCAD'13, Aadithya Karthik (University of California, Berkeley), also won first place in the 2014 ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span> Grand Finals: <a href="http://src.acm.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">http://<span><font color="#222222" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">src</font></span>.acm.org</font></a>.<br>
<br><strong>Details on abstract submission:</strong><br><span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Research</font></span> projects from all areas of design automation are encouraged. The author submitting the abstract must still be a <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">student</font></span> at the time the abstract is due. Each submission should be made on <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srciccad13" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">the EasyChair submission site</font></a>. Please include the author's name, affiliation, postal address, and email address; <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> advisor's name; ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">student</font></span> member number; category (undergraduate or graduate); <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> title; and an extended abstract (maximum 2 pages or 800 words) containing the following sections:</p>
<ul><li><strong>Problem and Motivation:</strong> This section should clearly state the problem being addressed and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem.</li><li><strong>Background and Related Work:</strong> This section should describe the specialized (but pertinent) background necessary to appreciate the work. Include references to the literature where appropriate, and briefly explain where your work departs from that done by others. Reference lists do not count towards the limit on the length of the abstract.</li>
<li><strong>Approach and Uniqueness:</strong> This section should describe your approach in attacking the problem and should clearly state how your approach is novel.</li><li><strong>Results and Contributions:</strong> This section should clearly show how the results of your work contribute to computer science and should explain the significance of those results. Include a separate paragraph (maximum of 100 words) for possible publication in the conference proceedings that serves as a succinct description of the project.</li>
<li>Single paper summaries (or just cut & paste versions of published papers) are inappropriate for the ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span>. Submissions should include at least one year worth of <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> contributions, but not subsuming an entire doctoral thesis load.</li>
</ul><p>Note that this event is different than other ACM/SIGDA sponsored or supported events at DAC or ICCAD: <a href="http://www.sigda.org/node/40" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">YSSP</font></a> brings together seniors and 1st year graduate <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span> at DAC, <a href="http://www.sigda.org/ubooth" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">UBooth</font></a> features demos from <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> groups, <a href="http://www.sigda.org/dass" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">DASS</font></a> allows graduate <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span> to get up to speed on lectures on design automation, while the <a href="http://www.sigda.org/phdforum" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">PhD Forum</font></a> showcases post-proposal PhD <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> at DAC and the <a href="http://archive.sigda.org/cadathlon.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">CADathlon</font></a> allows graduate <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span> to compete in a programming contest at ICCAD. The ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Student</font></span> <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Research</font></span> Competition allows both graduate and undergraduate <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">students</font></span> to discuss their <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">research</font></span> with <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">student</font></span> peers, as well as academic and industry <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">researchers</font></span>, in an informal setting, while enabling them to attend DAC and compete with other ACM <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span> winners from other computing areas in the ACM Grand Finals. Travel grant recipients cannot receive travel support from any other ICCAD or ACM/SIGDA sponsored program.<br>
<br><strong>Online Submission - EasyChair:</strong><br><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srciccad14" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srciccad14</font></a><br>
<br><strong>Important dates:</strong><br> Abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2014 <br> Acceptance notification: September 15, 2014<br> Poster session at ICCAD: Monday, November 3, 2014<br> Presentation session at ICCAD: Tuesday, November 4, 2014<br>
Award winners announced at ACM SIGDA Dinner: Tuesday, November 4, 2014<br> Grand Finals winners honored at ACM Awards Banquet: June 2015<br> <br><strong>Requirement:</strong><br><span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Students</font></span> submitting and presenting their work at <span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">SRC</font></span>@ICCAD'14 are required to be members of both ACM and ACM SIGDA.<br>
<br><strong>Organizers:</strong><br><a href="mailto:mvelev@gmail.com?subject=ACM%20SRC%20at%20ICCAD%202014" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Miroslav Velev</font></a> (Aries Design Automation, U.S.A.)<br><a href="mailto:tyho@csie.ncku.edu.tw?subject=ACM%20SIGDA%20SRC%20at%20ICCAD%202014" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Tsung-Yi Ho</font></a> (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)<span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"></font></span></font></span></font></span><br clear="all">
</font></span></font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></p></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">Tsung-Yi Ho, Ph.D.,<br>Professor,<br>Department of Computer Science,<br>National Chiao Tung University,<br>No. 1001, University Rd.,<br>
Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010.<br>Phone: 886-3-5712121 ext. 54733 <br>Email: <a href="mailto:tyho@csie.ncku.edu.tw" target="_blank">tyho@cs.nctu.edu.tw</a><br></div>
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